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tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes:


>In article <1992Jul23.182026.57480@cc.usu.edu> sl8nl@cc.usu.edu writes:
>>> what I want added to C:
>>> add scope control with '.' ie:
>>> int a;
>>> blort()
>>> 	{
>>> 	int a;
>>> 	a=1;	/* set LOCAL A=1 */
>>> 	.a=1;	/* set GLOBAL A=1 */
>>> 	}
>>> 
>>
>>Turbo Pascal already has that feature <sneer :)>

>GACK!! By allowing a programmer to have umpteen variables with the same
>name, Pascal actually ENCOURAGES you to write unintelligible code!!!
>Of course, C doesn't NEED that kind of scope control, because a C
>programmer would have written the above code fragment like this:


>// begin code fragment

>int a;

>void blort(void)
>//
>// B L O R T
>//
>// Description: A stupid example code snippet for posting to a Usenet
>//     newsgroup.
>//
>// Parameters:
>//     None.
>//
>// Global Variables Used:
>//     a
>//
>{
>int b;

>    b = 1;	// set LOCAL variable to 1
>    a = 1;	// set GLOBAL variable to 1
>}

>// end code fragment


>;-)

...GASP....But you are using C++....Not fair on poor little Pascal !! ;-)
(really, only c++ allows // comments  B-)
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